I recently acquired a used Toshiba laptop as a throwaway to keep in the
office. It is a Tecra 8200 which has a mini-PCI slot and WiFi antenna
installed. After a previous good experience with the Z-Com/Xterasys XG-600
card in another Toshiba machine, I bought another one for this model.
One hitch - the antenna connectors on the card are positioned such that
only the closest one can be connected to one of the antenna leads.
So this leaves only one antenna lead connected.
The problem - and I'm not sure if this is the reason - is that I cannot
join my Infrastructure-mode wireless network - one which I have several
other wireless clients already configured. We're using WEP and I have the
correct key entered.
Using either WinXP's wireless configuration applet, or the utility that
comes with the card, I can do a site survey and find multiple sites,
including mine. Received signal strength is excellent. But I cannot join
my home network using the same settings that work on every other machine
in the house. I'm wondering if the card isn't transmitting a strong enough
signal to catch the attention of the router.
My understanding, though, is that the two antenna leads are essentially
redundant and either (or both) will work. But if it is the unused antenna
connector ... do extension cords for this antenna connector exist? I only
need a quarter of an inch more.
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